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Written Especially for The News by Mrs. Minnie Powell Wright.
Dr. W. D. Travis spent Friday in
Atlanta.
Dr. J. A. Wright spent Friday in
Atlanta.
Miss Lillian Clarke spent Monday
in Atlanta.
Mr. Wood Aiken spent Thursday
in Atlanta.
Mrs. Annie Pace Wooten spent last
Thursday in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Franklin spent
Thursday in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Childs spent
Thursday in Atlanta.
Mr. Sanford Steadman is at home
for the Xmas holidays.
Mr. Charlie Wright, of Starrsville,
was in the city Saturday.
Mrs. C. C. Epps, of Starrsville.
visited the city Saturday.
Mrs. M. E. Jackson, of Hayston,
was in the city Saturday..
Mr. C’iff Skinner, of Starrsville,
was in the city Saturday.
Mr. A. S. Wilson, of T. C. Swann
Co,, spent Thursday in Atlanta.
Mr. Burton Davis returned Thurs¬
day night from an extended trip.
Mr. Sam Ramsey was among the
number going to Atlanta Thursday.
Miss Charlie Porter, of Pomterdale,
was in the city shopping Saturday.
Mrs. Ed Jarman is in the city the
guest of her sister, Mns, W. A. Muse.
Mrs. George M. Waller will arrive
this week to spend the holidays with
relatives,
Mrs. James E. Dickey, of Oxford,
was among the shoppers in the city
Saturday.
Mrs. Belle Blanton, of West New¬
ton, was among he shoppers in the
city Wednesday.
Col. Jamie Knox went up to Atlan¬
ta one night last week to see “The
Midnight Sons.”
Mrs. Jack W. Stephenson, and char¬
ming daughter, Miss Lillian, spent
Thursday in Atlanta.
Mrs. Tom Pitts, of Newborn, was
the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. B. R.
Pennington, last week.
Mrs. N. C. Carr and Mis® Flora
will spend Wednesday and Thursday
of this week in Atlanta.
Misses Willie and Evie Allgood, of
Walnntgrove, were among the shop¬
pers in, the city Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Broadnax, of
Walnutgrove, were among the shop¬
pers in the city Saturday.
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Dec. 21, 1910
Dear Friend:
We used to have the
worst hind of bread at
our house. The cook
said we didn't have
in our house the right
kind of flour, so mam¬
ma changed her mind
and for a long time
now we have been mak¬
ing our bread out of
Queen of the Pantry
flour. It costs $1.80
a sack. Ballard's
Obelisk $1.85 a sack;
K. K. K. $1.80 a sack;
White Oak $1.50 a sack.
Your Friend,
Jacob.
P. S.-They keep Whole
Wheat Flour too, at
G. C. Taylor & Bro.
Phone 220
Mr. Roy Hays, of Atlanta, spent
Saturday and part of Sunday in the
city the guest of relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Belcher, ot
Starrsville, were among the Xmas
shoppers in the city Monday.
Misses Maggie and Carrie Beck
Davis have returned from a very
pleasant weeks stay in Atlanta.
Miss Frances Godfrey who has- bee
attending Wesleyan Female College,
is at home for th Xmas holidays.
Miss Alma Parker is spending
sometime in Atlanta, where she is
the guest of relative and friends.
Miss Florence Wells, who (has been
attending LaGramge Female College,
is at home for hte Xmas holidays.
Mrs. Preston Carroll spent Wed¬
nesday in Mansfield, the guest of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Franklin.
Mr. J. Neill Corley, of Atlanta, wall
spend Xmas in the city the guest of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J.
Corley.
Mrs. Walter Corley, Mr. (Herbert
Corley, Misses Fannie Kate and Eloi.^
of Starrsville, were An the city shop¬
ping Saturday,
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Jenkins and
baby, of Columbus, will arrive this
week to spend Xmas with Mr. and
Mrs. N. C. Carr. i
Miss Gladys Lee, a popular student
of Agnes Scott, will spend Xmas in
the city with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. O. Lee.
Little Misses Caroline and Lucie
Wooten and Eugenia Guinn went up
to Atlanta Thursday with Mrs. Woote
to see the flying of Ely.
Miss Julia Akin, who is attending
La Grange Female College, will spend
the holidays at home with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Wood Akin.
Mr. Mlike Tidwell, of Atlanta, was
the guest of Mr. Paul Lester Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. P.
Lester in NorthOovimgton.
Miss' Ruby Weaver has returned
home from a visit to Atlanta, where
she went to see her sister, Mrs. Wil¬
liam Billinglea, who is ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Williams and
two bright young daughters,, will leave
today for Macon where they will visit
relatives during the 'holidays.
Mr. Paul Lester, of Atlanta,, was in
the city the gust of his uncle, and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Lester, at
their home in North Covington.
Mr®. Laura Carter and daughter.
Miss Mary, will leave the latter part
ol the week for Sandersville, where
they will spend Xmas with relatives.
Mrs. John M. Hefley, of Cameron,
Texas, will arrive this week to spend
Xmas with Mr. and Mm J. J. Cor¬
ley and Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Thompson
Mm Ella Parham, who is visiting
her brother. Dr. W. W. Evans', >n
Oxford, spent Wednesday in the city
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Ter¬
rell. j j |
Miss Bessie Ezell, the popular
music teacher of the High School will
leave this week for Monticeilo where
she will spend the holidays with rela¬
tives.
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Miss Evelyn Duffey, one of the po{
ular teachers of the High School, will
leave this week for Jonesboro, where
she will spend the holidays with rel¬
atives. ;
Miss Eloise Cooper, who is attend¬
ing Weslyan College, at Macon, will
arrive this week to spend Xmas with
her parents, Capt. andM rs. J. O.
Cooper.
Mice Julia Thompson, one of Agnes
Scott’s brightest and most charming
pupils, will spend Xmas in the city
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. P.
Thompson.
Miss May White, who hast been
teaching in Colquitt, will arrive this
week to spend the holidays with her
1 -arents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harde¬
man White.
Mrs. Minnie Powell Wright will
leave Sunday for Atlanta where she
will spend the Xmas holidays with
Her daughter, Mrs, Samuel Green, at
73 Orleans St.
Mr. Donald Corley, formerly of Gov
ington, but now of New York, will
arrive this week to spend the Xmas
holidays with his parents, Mr. and
Mr®. J. J. Corleey.
Prof, and Mrs, Robertson, of New¬
born, attended the entertainment last
Thursday evening givm by Misses Bes
sie Ezesll and Inez Watson at the
school auditorium.
Mrs. Thomas Pitts, of Newborn,
who has been spending the past
month in the city, the guest of her
sister, Mr*. W. B. R. Pennington, re¬
turned home Monday.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 21, 1910.
Mr. Alva Cooper, formerly of Cov¬
ington, but now of Atlanta, will ar¬
rive the latter part of the week to
spend Xmas with hrfs parents, Capt.
and Mns. J. O. Cooper.
Mr. and Mm J. C. Broadnax and
baby, and Mr®. S. H. Broadnax, of
Walnutgrove, made an automobile
tc the city Tuesday and were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Corley.
Mrs. E. G. Merck and three bright
children, Julia, Virginia and E. G.
Merck, Jr., have arrived to spend the
Xmas holidays with Mns. Merck’s pa¬
rent®', Mr. and Mr®. R. W. Clarke.
Mr®. Lucy Pace Owsley is the guest
of her cousin. Mr®. Burton Smith, in
Atlanta, where she went to join her
daughter, Mrs. Charles Ackley, of
Cuba, who is also a guest of Mns.
Smith.
Miss Annelle Franklin, one of
field’s popular young ladies, passed
through Covington last week emroute
to Atlanta. While here she was the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Preston
Carroll.
Miss Estelle Thompson, of Rocky
Plains, who has been visiting her
brother-in-law, Dr. Will Taylor, in
Texas, has returned home after a mes
delighf'tul visit, and was : n the city
Tuesday.
Mr. Ike P. Henderson, formerly of
Covington, but now of Washington
City, wall spend one day dnring the
holidays with Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Perry
and Miss: Lottie Hendrick. His many
friends in the city will extend to him
a most cordial welcome.
Mrs. Janies B. Gatriff, and hand¬
some son, James B. Jr., who have
been the guest® of the farmer’® .pa¬
rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Carroll, at
their home in North Covington for
the lost six weeks, returned Wednes¬
day to their borne in Williamsburg, Ky
Stephenson-Weaver.
Mr. and Mr®. J. W. Stephenson
announce the engagement o>f their
daughter, Lillian, and Mr. James Clif¬
ford Weaver, the wedding to take
place at th»'r home January the 12th.
Prof. J. C. Upsihaw, Misses Evelyn
Duffey and Anna Keith chaperoned
a party of school girls and boys to
Newborn Friday, where they played
a game of bosket ball. They went
tturough the country in automobiles
and a most delightful afternoon was
enjoyed. Among those going were:
Misses Winnie Perry, Louise White¬
head, Lucy White, Lucile Davis, Nina
Davis, Clara Belle Adams-, Mabel
Thomas, Mary Willingham, Bernice
Cook, Inez Thomas, Annie Belle Rob¬
inson, Bernice Cook, Brownie Perry,
Messrs. Leonard Sain, Willie Milner,
Lawrence Sain; and Jim Wells.
Birthday Party.
One of the most delightful affairs
of the past week was that at which
Mrs. R. P. Lester entertained on
Tuesday night, at her home in North
Covington in honor of her son, Mr.
John Rush Lester.
The house was beautifully decora¬
ted for the occasion with ferns and
holly, the color scheme of red and
green being effectively carried out.
The table in the dining room had
for its center piece a miniature Xmas
tree. Place cards cupidis with gift
boxes.
Those present were: Misses May
Belle Clark and Annie Mae Lester.
Those invited were: Messrs. Mar¬
shal Jackson, Karlen Starr, LeGare
and Cicel Davis, Fielding Dillard, Cliff
Lester, William Burke, Pierce Stew¬
art, Henry Marrison, Frank Pattillo,
Willis Palmer, Joe Wilkins, George
Acru, John Rush Lester.
Reception.
One of the most delightful of the
week’s festivities was the reception
given by Mrs. Thomas Wells in honor
of tber attractive guest, Mis® Eliza¬
beth Patterson, of Virginia. The low¬
er floor of this beautiful colonial
liome was thrown into one and decor
tious of ferns, palms and vase® of
crimson carnations and pontisetteas’
enhanced the brightness of the home.
Music, singing and recitations were
participated iin. One of the Very in¬
teresting features was the beautiful
recitation by Miss: Inez Watson. Miss
Patterson charmed her hearers with
her splendid voice especially her ren¬
dition of “There Little Girl Dorat’
Cry.”
The dining room was artistically
decorated, the highly polished table
was ladened with fruits, having as
its center piece a large punch bowl,
with grape trimming.®. Mrs. Robert
Fowler served punoh. in a graceful
and charming manner.
A most delicious salad course with
hot chocolate was served. Those
present were: Misses Evelyn Duf¬
fey, Annie Laurie Jefferson, Anna
Keith, Susie Lewis, Inez Watson, Bon
ner Simms, Hyda Heard, Flora Carr,
Virginia Calhoun, of North Carolina,
Eleanor Hays, Pauline Corley,
Frances Henderson, Essie Jordan,
Elizabeth Patterson, of Virginia, Ethel
Annie Higgins. Messrs. Rirma
Heard, Jamie Knox, Quimby Melton,
Ainsworth, A. Will Cook, John Echols!
S. Wilson, Earnest Callaway, Ber
to Lee, Ed Stephenson, King Harris,
Wilbur Harwell, and fYa&k Oliver,
CHRISTMAS AMONG
MICHIGAN WOODSMEN
By EDWARD LYONS HACKETT.
A MONG English speaking people
/% there can be found no more
quaint observance of the sea¬
son than that in vogue among
the woodsmen of northern Michigan
Throughout this great timber belt there
are thousands of men employed, aud a
large proportion of them see the out
side world but once or twice a year
when they journey to Sault Ste. Ma
ri»^5r other nearby towns to make pur¬
chases of the season’s clothing.
Throughout this great wooded dis¬
trict two-thirds of the meu are Canad¬
ians, many of them devotedly religious,
and Christmas among them begins,
properly speaking, the 20th of Decem¬
ber. However, these men perform
ALL BEGIN A MARCH AROUND.
their usual labors until the 24th day
of the month, and then the festivities
begin in earnest.
During the four days preceding the
celebration, however, it must be under¬
stood that the work is not so strenu¬
ous, and the monotonous buzz of the
saw and the ring of the ax are frequent
ly interrupted by merry bursts of song
and anecdotes of those who have pass¬
ed away during the previous season.
In Chippewa county there are many
camps or settlements, each controlled
by a recognized leader, and long before
the holidays the point of celebration is
decided upon. By Christmas eve the
men, women and children have all as¬
sembled at the chosen camp, where
elaborate preparations have been made
for their comfort, and at 10 o’clock in
the morning of that day the duly elect
ed master of ceremonies addresses the
multitude of people assembled and out¬
lines the program of the week to fol
low, for these celebrations continue to
the 31st day of December.
After his speech the oldest dciughter
of the oldest resident is elected queen
of the holidays. Her corps of as¬
sistants is quickly chosen from the ed¬
ucated classes, and from their decis¬
ions pertaining to the week’s celebra
tion there can be no appeal. During
the remainder of the day many
speeches are given, refreshments of
"many kinds are served, and family
groups flock together aud relate their
own folklore, while the queen, assisted
by her advisers, examines and selects
the various fowls to be served on the
following and subsequent days.
Christmas day is but an hour old
when all assemble and indulge in re
ligious services, while the pine knots,
flaring and spluttering in the night air,
add a beautiful and weird aspect to
the scene. At sunrise all the men, wo¬
men and children, arrayed in their
best, assemble at a prearranged spot
and form a large circle, the women
generally in plain woolen garments
and the men in high topped spiked
shoes and dark flannel shirts.
In the center of the group stand the
husbandmen, or slayers of the fowls,
waiting. A grindstone and six men
three to grind the axes and three as
sistants, are also in the center of the
group. At a prearranged signal all the
people begin a march around, singing
and dancing; the grindstones are put
In motion, the axes are laid upon them
and the celebration is on in earnest.
The singing, dancing and counter¬
marching are continued until the axes
have attained a keen edge, when all
heads are uncovered, while a dozen
men hand up the fowls for decapita¬
tion. The women take the slain fowls
in charge, and soon they are prepared
for the earth ovens.
Feasting, drinking and dancing then
continue until the last day of the
year, when all depart to their various
camps.
Chance generally favors the prudent.
—JouberL
DR. W. H. HOPE,
Physician and Surgeon
Residence Phone 156-L
Office over Covington Cash Store.
Calk Geo. T. Smith’* Drug Store
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$3000 Buys R. M. Everitt
Home Place on Cfark St.
This is the best piece of property in Covington, convenient to
Public Square and on the Street Car Line makes it a valuable for either
a residence or business. The lot ronts 70 ft, on Clark street and runs
back 200 feet to Usher street. There is an 8-room dwelling, a number
of out houses, good well of water, fine garden on the place.
$2,250 Buys the Adjoining
Lot, 50 Feet Front 200 Feet Deep
On which there is Two Good Brick Stores 80 feet long, now occu¬
pied by good tenants.
$5000
Will buy both of the above described lots if sold to one purchaser.
For Further Information See
R. E. EVERITT, Covington, Ga., E. S. EVERITT, Gonyers, Ga
C. B. EVERITT, Atlanta, Ga.
Executors on the Will of R. M. Everitt, Deceased.
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the Stockholders of the First
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Ga., at the offices of the Bank
on Tuesday Jan. 10th 1911
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